Why it is so Important to Diagnose Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents?

The diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents has not progressed among child psychiatrists despite increasingly solid data. It is unipolar depression, anxiety disorders including panic attacks and of course hyperkinesia with attention deficit disorder that are at the top of the bill. This is how adult psychiatrists inherit bipolar patients whose diagnosis was ignored in childhood or adolescence, often dormant for years. The diagnostic guidelines, although not perfect, quickly lead to the diagnosis of bipolar disorder, especially as when parents are questioned, there are arguments leading to family disease. If mood stabilizers are little or no effective before the age of 12, they can be used successfully after that age. Behavioral therapies can take over or methylphenidate in the case of obvious school problems.